Interesting facts about my Second Home

As you my know, the village of Barombi Mbo lies opposite a natural lake with the same name. Friday after trekking around the lake, tired, hot, and exhausted, we went for a dip and it was very refreshing before the return to Kumba. Anyway, the lake is a crater caused by a volcanic eruption. Some facts about the lake:

Some scientists record the oldest species of fish to be found in the Barombi Mbo Lake.

The lake has no bottom, only some caverns that reach all the way to the sea.

When Mt. Cameroon erupts (as it did less than 10 years ago) the temperature of the lake rises so high all of the fish die. People say you can retrieve fish from the surface of the lake with pans.

The lake claims a few lives every year. Many people think that spirits and witchcraft are the cause.

The fish from the lake are very small. When you fry them, you can eat the entire fish, bones, spine, head, and eyes. We have made it customary to kiss the fish before we consume the head.

The Barombi people migrated from the Douala area when the Germans arrived to colonize. There were wars with the Bafaw people, the natives of the South West Province, Kumba area in particular. It is said that WHen Barombi man confronted the Bafaw at the lake, he was able to slap the water without moving it and removed burning fish (roasted fish) directly from the lake. After seeing this, the Bafaw people left the Barombi man to live on the lake.